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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Fairholme Quilt Show 2014: pieced quilts (1)

The first of several posts to showcase the pieced quilts from the exhibition.

JUST FOR FUN - Val Nadin Needing to use up some of my fabric stash I pulled out lots of brights, and black and whites. 'Just for Fun' is what emerged. Inspiration from Kaffe Fassett’s book 'Patchwork'.

FLIGHT OVER THE ORIENT
Georgie Patrickson
A modified version of the quilt 'City Aviation' from
the book 'City Quilts' by Cherri House. I had remarked
that I would like to make this design sometime. We then
visited Cottage Quiltworks on a recent bus trip with
our group, where my sister and I decided to buy a
kit + extra fabric to make a quilt each - not
knowing that the pattern was 'City Aviation'.
We loved the authentic Japanese fabrics - I have
also added some vintage Japanese silks to my quilt.
The flying geese and pinwheels are 3 dimensional.
Pieced and quilted by me.

SPIRAL SQUARED - Lynette Harvey

This pattern by Wendy Sheppard in McCalls
Quilting Vol 21 No 1 needed a selection of six
favourite prints and a background. Of course I
had that in the stash, the yellow and black
bundles I had bought in Montana when on a
shop hop with a friend would be perfect and it
would be used up at last but it was not quite
enough so I just had to buy new fabric at one of
my favourite patchwork shops. The centre of
the quilt is constructed in rows so that fabric
placement can create the labyrinth design. The
new fabric worked so much better than the
black and yellow bundles which are still in the
stash hopefully to be used in another project
soon. Quilting is by Christy Wang of Quilting
Treasures.

THE CABBAGE PATCH QUILT - Miriam Jones This quilt was made recycling Kaffe Fassett furnishing weight fabric that was on a vintage cane lounge in my home. I chopped up the cabbage rose print – added the scrappy “square in squares” and VOILA! – a quilt was born. Inspiration – Gwen Marston. Machine pieced and quilted.

SOUTH AFRICAN DREAM -Pamela Farley I made this quilt for my daughter, and son-in- law, with fabric she bought when visiting her husband’s family in South Africa 3 years ago. The name of the quilt expresses the family’s dream of returning to South Africa for another visit. The fabric is known as Shweshwe. Often used for traditional South African clothing, it is cotton, usually printed on both sides (different patterns) using a discharge printing style. The quilt is made up of various sized squares, rectangles and sashing sewn into larger rectangles of random size and follows no particular pattern. My daughter has always loved navy, so it was obvious who this quilt should be for.

OAK TREE CRAFT ROOM WALLHANGING - Robyn Leek A bare wall in Oak Tree, Dural’s Clubhouse Craft Room inspired the making of this quilt. The bench in the room is green and the colours of the quilt complement the room! It is hand quilted with Perle thread.

FASSETT FANTASY - Roslyn Pullen A stash of Kaffe Fassett’s fabrics and a simple design was all I needed to commence this bright happy quilt. I love to work in bright cheerful colours and it was a joy to play with these fabrics. Quilt made in 2012. Inspiration from a pattern in a Julie Wallace book. Machine quilted by Jo-Ann Phillips (Quiltwise).

Other quilts from the Fairholme Quilters 2014 Quilt Show are posted here.

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Detailed images of the two quilts to be raffled at our 2018 Quilt Show6 - 8 April 2018. ‘Sunshine’ was designed by Miriam Jones, and made by many group members under her guidance, including hand applique and hand quilting. ‘William Morris Designs’ was pieced by Julie White and long arm quilted by Jo-Ann Phillips, who donated the William Morris fabrics. Tickets will be available from February 2018.